Hello Tim

Huh.:-(! - Will there be a proper English version of the re-written 
novel? - Reading the pre-page at Rivages tells me that my French is far, 
far out-of-date.:-))

Cheers, Erik Richard

THDW wrote:
> Guys
> 
> This is the link to my new novel, being published by Rivages at the
> end of the month.
> 
> http://www.payot-rivages.net/livre_Un-autre-soleil--Timothy-Williams_ean13_9782743622169.html
> 
> I first wrote the book in English back in 1982 just after Gollancz
> took on my first Italian book. It was written on a typewriter and
> when the manuscript was sent back, I retyped the rewrite. Then in
> 1983, I got a proper job and not used to spending money, I was able
> to pay for my first computer - an Apple IIe - at the end of a
> couple of months.  So the book has been in some form on my hard
> disk for twenty eight years. Except I didn't know what a hard disk
> was until I bought my first Mac in 1992.
> 
> It was in 2009 that there was a long strike here and I was free
> for six weeks so with the help of googletranslate I put the book
> into French. Friends went through the French sorting out the
> clumsy bits and I discovered just how hard it is to write French
> correctly.
> 
> Rivages who had already published two of my books in translation
> took it on immediately but it has taken some sixteen months to
> get from manuscript to paperback.
> 
> And Nisus ? Quite sincerely I don't know whether Nisus as a wp
> played a major role in writing the book. Everything was done in
> Nisus and that allowed me to know my way around the program and
> get it to do what I wanted from it. But in all honesty, pure text
> in one language can be done on any processor. 
> 
> What makes Nisus different for me is you guys (and dolls). When
> there is a problem, either purely technical involving Nisus or
> more generally involving general culture, this list is unbeatable
> for its knowledge and its willingness to help.
> 
> In other words: heartfelt thanks, people.

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